Scientists recently came across dozens of dead whitebark pine trees on Wyoming's #BeartoothPlateau that had been preserved beneath an ice patch for thousands of years. Radiocarbon dating revealed that the pines were around 5,900 years old. Because they were in such good condition inter.st/ar64

Frozen forest reveals climate impacts on alpine ecosystems: Ancient forest preserved under ice on the Beartooth Plateau provides a rare look into how warming climates could reshape alpine ecosystems.

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Fossilized frozen forest discovery in the US reveals ancient alpine ecosystem: Ancient forest preserved under ice on the Beartooth Plateau provides a rare look into how warming climates could reshape alpine ecosystems.

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